Predation risk induces changes in nest-site selection and clutch size in the Siberian jay

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1587, 2006, Pages 701-706

  Eggers, Sönke ^a,b   Griesser, Michael ^a   Nystrand, Magdalena ^a   Ekman, Jan ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Life history; Nest site selection; Phenotypic plasticity; Predation

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; NEST PREDATION; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SELECTION; SITE SELECTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHORDATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PERISOREUS INFAUSTUS; PHENOTYPE; PREDATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; ANIMAL; CLUTCH SIZE; FEAR; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CORVIDA; CORVIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; PERISOREUS INFAUSTUS;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; FEAR; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33646456380     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3373     Document Type: Article

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